The heaviest rainfall overnight was recorded at Balatasound in Shetland where 48.8mm of rain was recorded as a previous low pressure system moved away from the UK, while Bute Park in Cardiff saw 40.6mm as the remnants of ex-hurricane Bertha move in from the southwest.

The highest hourly total was 18.4mm at Wisley in Surrey between 9 and 10am this morning and Coventry in the West Midlands seeing 18.2mm in the same time.

The table below shows a selection of the rainfall recorded at Met Office observing sites across the UK between 10pm on Saturday 9 August and 10am on Sunday 10 August 2014.

12hr UK RAINFALL 10pm 9 Aug to 10am 10 Aug 2014

SITE NAME

AREA

Rainfall (MM)

BALTASOUND

SHETLAND

48.8

CARDIFF, BUTE PARK

SOUTH GLAMORGAN

40.6

MILFORD HAVEN CONSERVANCY BOARD

DYFED

37.0

SCOLTON COUNTRY PARK

DYFED

35.4

ST ATHAN

SOUTH GLAMORGAN

34.4

PERSHORE COLLEGE

HEREFORD & WORCESTER

28.2

USK NO 2

MONMOUTHSHIRE

27.6

ASTWOOD BANK

HEREFORD & WORCESTER

26.0

PERSHORE

HEREFORD & WORCESTER

23.6

MURLOUGH

DOWN

23.2

TREDEGAR, BRYN BACH PARK

GWENT

22.8

KILLOWEN

DOWN

22.4

WHITECHURCH

DYFED

22.2

CHIVENOR

DEVON

22.0

COVENTRY, COUNDON

WEST MIDLANDS

21.8

WISLEY

SURREY

21.2

The winds have picked up as well with a gust of 53mph being recorded at Berry Head, Devon betwen 5am and 6am this morning. The table below shows the wind speeds recorded between 1am and 10am today.

UK MAX GUST SPEED 10 AUG 1am to 10am

DATE / TIME

SITE NAME

AREA

MAX GUST (MPH)

10/08/2014 0600

BERRY HEAD

DEVON

53

10/08/2014 0300

BALTASOUND

SHETLAND

52

10/08/2014 0800

SCILLY: ST MARYS AIRPORT

ISLES OF SCILLY

51

10/08/2014 0900

CULDROSE

CORNWALL

48

10/08/2014 0200

SELLA NESS

SHETLAND

48

10/08/2014 1000

WIGHT: NEEDLES OLD BATTERY

ISLE OF WIGHT

46

10/08/2014 0800

MUMBLES HEAD

WEST GLAMORGAN

44

10/08/2014 0300

LERWICK

SHETLAND

44

10/08/2014 0900

CAMBORNE

CORNWALL

43

10/08/2014 0900

SOLENT

HAMPSHIRE

41

The rain will continue to move north across the UK during the rest of today and the winds will stay strong and gusty and we encourage everyone to keep up to date with the latest forecasts and national severe weather warnings.